Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Luk 5:39) | 3 sn The third illustration points out that those already satisfied with what they have will not seek the new (The old is good enough). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 4:43) | 3 sn The good news of the kingdom, the kingdom of the rule of God through the Messiah, is the topic of Jesus’ preaching. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 1:16) | 2 sn The word translated will turn is a good summary term for repentance and denotes John’s call to a change of direction (Luke 3:1-14). |
| (0.30) | (Mat 11:5) | 3 sn The good news proclaimed is the message about the arrival of the kingdom (cf. Matt 10:7) which the messengers are to go about proclaiming. |
| (0.30) | (Zep 3:20) | 3 tn Heb “I will make you into a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth.” Here the word “name” carries the nuance of “good reputation.” |
| (0.30) | (Amo 3:10) | 2 tn Heb “violence and destruction.” The expression “violence and destruction” stand metonymically for the goods the oppressors have accumulated by their unjust actions. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 22:4) | 3 tn The Hebrew verb is a prophetic perfect, emphasizing that the action is as good as done from the speaker’s perspective. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 1:7) | 7 tn Heb “the adversaries” (צָרִים, tsarim). The third person feminine singular pronoun “her” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and good English style. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 44:27) | 2 tn Heb “Behold, I am watching over them for evil/disaster/harm, not for good/prosperity/blessing.” See a parallel usage in 31:28. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 31:25) | 1 tn The verbs here again emphasize that the actions are as good as done (i.e., they are prophetic perfects; cf. GKC 312-13 §106.n). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 29:15) | 1 tn The words “of good news” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 26:13) | 1 tn Heb “Make good your ways and your actions.” For the same expression see 7:3, 5 and 18:11. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 12:6) | 3 tn Heb “good things.” See BDB 373 s.v. II טוֹב 2 for this nuance and compare Prov 12:25 for usage. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:16) | 2 tn The verb form used here is another example of a verb expressing that the action is as good as done (the Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 7:3) | 2 tn Or “Make good your ways and your actions.” J. Bright’s translation (“Reform the whole pattern of your conduct”; Jeremiah [AB], 52) is excellent. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 6:2) | 1 tn The verb here is another example of the Hebrew verb form that indicates the action is as good as done (a Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 64:9) | 2 tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 27:11) | 2 tn Heb “women come [and] light it.” The city is likened to a dead tree with dried-up branches that is only good for firewood. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 28:21) | 2 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure of speech known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 24:23) | 2 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
